That the individual, the family, and all the variety and complexity of civil society do not exist to uphold the state; the state exists to uphold them.

That, particularly in our time, the individual, family, and civil society should grow in relation to the state, and that the state should shrink in deference to them.

That private property and a free economy are fundamental to the freedom of individuals and families and to free discourse and action in civil society at large.

That the nation is a kind of family pledged to preserve and defend the life, identity and just interests of its members.

That given the responsibilities of the nation it has, necessarily, a sovereign character; this demands that the nation be sufficiently robust and well led, to uphold itself, not only against other nations, but also against a non-sovereign “global community” and its imperial pretensions.